PNA Conference: December in the Desert The Pituitary Network Association’s biannual conference will be held December 14th-17th in Rancho Mirage at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa.

PNA Spotlight: Aart-Jan van der Lely “PNA CEO Bob Knutzen met Professor van der Lely at a European medical conference about 15 years ago and admired the traits that make him a great doctor; he is very thoughtful, bright and intense.”

Message From The Founder: Should We Turn These Disorders on Their Head  When patients are told that a large majority face the same unanswered uncertainty in their own medical quest for help, it sometimes helps enormously.

AAMFT Conference: American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists: Oct. 30- Nov. 2 in Memphis, Tennessee.

ECE 2009:  The European Conference of Endocrinology 2009 is set for April 25-29 in Istanbul, Turkey.

PNA Mailbox:   "The doctors basically have told me there's nothing wrong with me and nothing they can do for me, like I'm crazy. I'm starting to kind of think maybe I am."

$300 Million Health Initiative: A massive health initiative announced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will fund community health centers in 14 cities.

TV Show Seeks Pituitary Patients: Producers from a British television production company called Target TV (in London) are working on a program called Five Science about male sympathy pregnancy.

Jim Shelton: A Patient’s Perspective " I still didn't feel up to exercising, but maybe in a few more weeks I’d be completely recovered from the thyroid imbalance now that my levels had come down to normal.”

Sponsorship of acromegaly.org helps PNA to continue our mission in helping others with pituitary illnesses. The PNA is pleased to announce Novartis' support and sponsorship of our acromegaly.org website.


Latest News From Medscape: U.S. Life Expectancy Edges Closer to 80.

Journalist Has Pituitary Tumor: Well-known British TV journalist Martin Bashir, 45, has been diagnosed with a benign pituitary tumor.

Sharmyn McGraw: Patient’s Perspective: Sharmyn McGraw: Patient’s Perspective: Nothing is more debilitating than fear. But what is fear? Is it real? Can it actually stop me from fulfilling my own destiny? The answer is: yes.

U.S. Ads Push Patients to Shop for Hospitals  USA Today recently published an article about a federal government campaign to rate hospitals.

Google Launches Health Service Google is launching a service to allow people to put their health information on line by linking information from pharmacies, labs and health care providers.

MDLinx Endocrinology: Treatment of Pituitary Gigantism with the Growth Hormone Receptor Antagonist Pegvisomant